Day One of Busking – Cmon Down and Sit a Spell

Tuesday was the first day of busking downtown and the sun felt good.

So good to be warm and let it burn your skin, just once before the goo goes on.

I was late setting up so things were rushed at noon on the corner of Queen and Richmond. Like who cares if I’m late: it’s not a job where you punch the clock.

Settling in – I got down to business and ripped through some originals like I Can’t Get Over You, Your Song, Don’t Quit on Me Tonight, Up on a Landing and Dan Aykroyd Tequila. A busker joined in with lead on I Can’t Get Over You which was cool.

Friends stopped by in the droves, so much that performance stopped by times. Danielle came over just as I was playing Mean Hearted Woman, the song she claimed as hers! Can you believe her?

Nick, Ted, Daniel, Kier, Jen, Gordie – the parade was endless. My bad-boy role as disability advocate had a few philistines heading for the opposite side of the street. What a hoot.

Then I played Dylan: Watchtower, Knockin on Heaven’s Door, Things Have Changed, Don’t Think Twice and an amazing acoustic Like a Rolling Stone. How does it feel to be all alone with no direction home.

Sunburned, hot and happy I quit. Ted Simmons came back so I gave him the corner, packed up and went home.

I love taking music to the streets. Yeah!